Protector



March 25, 1941. c 2,236,208

PROTECTOR Filed April 1, 1940 (fl; 0 I a 9 Inventor 170mm; Era ,20 0)?C'ree/ A tiomcy Patented Mar. 25, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEThomas Braxton Creel, Chapel Hill, N. 0. Application April 1, 1940,Serial No. 327.332

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a protector. and has for the primary objectthe provision of a device of this character which will prevent thefinish of an automobile from being scarred or otherwise damaged by aguard of a gasoline dispensing nozzle coming in contact therewith and isof such a construction that it may be easily and quickly installed on aguard and will entirely cover the latter and will in no way interferewith the usual operation of the nozzle valve.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts tobe' hereinafter more fully described and 16 claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention,

reference is to be had to the following description and accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating a gasolinedispensing nozzle equipped with a guard protector constructed inaccordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the protector.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken .on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates a.conventional type of gasoline dispensing nozzle used on gasoline pumpsfor the control of gasoline therefrom into a tank of a motor vehicle andincludes the usual control valve 6 operated by a hand lever I protectedby a guard 8. Frequently; when dispensing gasoline into the tank ofanautomobile the guard 8 will come in contact with the automobile body anddamage the finish. To obviate the guard contacting the body of theautomobile, a protector is provided therefor and which is constructed inaccordance with the present invention.

The protector is indicated in entirety by the character 9 and isconstructed of any suitable cushion material, preferably rubber, and isof channeled formation, as shown at Ill. The side walls of the channelconverge towards the mouth of the channel so that the side walls willreadily grip the guard when the protector isadapted thereto. The guard 9includes an elongated portion having a slight curvature thereto and aportion at one end thereof and which extends at substantially rightangles thereto. The portions as specified form the protector into ashape to match the shape of the guard 8 so that the entire guard fromone end to another will be covered by the protector. 5

Substantially U-shaped springs ii are embedded in the protector adjacentthe ends thereof for the purpose of contracting the walls of the channelof the protector against the guard to prevent the protector fromslipping off of the 10 guard but which will permit removal of theprotector from the guard at any time desired.

By reference to Figure 1, it will be seen that the protector whenapplied to the guard will simply cover the latter and will not in anyway in- 15 terfere with the operation of the lever l for opening andclosing of the valve 6. The guard covered by the protector cannotpossibly come in contact with the body finish or fender finish of anautomobile. Furthermore, it will be seen that so a device of thischaracter is extremely simple to install and may be manufactured andsold at a low cost.

It is believed that the foregoing description,

when taken in connection with the drawing, will 25 a fully set forth theconstruction and advantages of this invention to those skilled in theart to which such a device relates, so that further detaildescription'will not be required.

Having thus described my invention, what I 30 claim is:

1. In a device of the character described, a cushion channel membershaped in accordance with the shape of a gasoline dispensing nozzleguard and adapted to receive in the channel 35 thereof the guard and tofrictionally grip the latter, and spring elements embedded in thecushion member to contract the walls of'the channel thereof against theguard.

2. In a device'of the character described, a 40 channeled cushion memberincluding an elon- THOMAS BRAXTDN

